Coastal Hancock, Washington, Waldo and Knox Counties 01050002

Home , Bagaduce River, Belfast Bay (Maine), Chandler River (Maine), Ducktrap River, East Machias River, Frenchman Bay

Natural Resources RRRapid Coastal Hancock, Washington, Conservation W Service WWatershed Waldo & Knox Counties, Maine. AAAssessment Level 4 Sub-basin 01050002

I. Introduction The Coastal Hancock/Washington Counties 8- Digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) sub-basin is comprised of 3,391,621 acres. Most of the sub- basin is located in Washington and Hancock Counties with minor portions extending into Waldo and Knox counties.

The Coastal Hancock/Washington Counties sub-basin is predominantly forest/scrub shrub land (57.4%) and water/wetlands/tidal lands (37.1%). Other minor land uses include urban/roads (2.3 %), blueberries (1.7%), Grasslands (including pasture) (1.1%) and cultivated cropland (0.4%).

Forests are primarily spruce, fir, pine and mixed hardwoods such as oak, maple, birch and poplar. Many culverts and bridges along access roads present barriers for Atlantic Salmon, a federally listed threatened specie. Sediments from roads and stream crossings also affect aquatic habitats.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has identified 160,000 acres of shellfish habitat in this sub-basin. These habitats are susceptible to non-point pollution from the land base, which has an adverse effect on the ability to harvest shellfish for consumption. A survey of shellfish management committees in 2007 showed that the lack of available resource (number of open flats and numbers of clams) and permanently closed areas ranked at the top of the list of concerns. Conclusive data about the actual amount of restricted habitat is not readily available. Informal calculations by industry folks and DMR biologists indicate that about 50% of available habitat is permanently closed. In this watershed that would be about 25,000 acres in the intertidal zones. All of the closures are due to bacterial pollution from human or animal waste. This amount of unavailable habitat increases harvest pressures on the remaining habitats. The DMR and local shellfish committees are working hard to manage the resource but do not have the financial capacity to deal with the larger problem of the restricted areas. 3,659,827 pounds of shellfish were harvested in 2005 from Hancock and Washington Counties. 66975.6 acres of the shellfish beds have been closed due to bacterial contamination from runoff.

73,924 acres have been identified as urban/roads. 4,295 road stream crossings have been identified. Sediments from road crossing and urban development are listed as a major concern. Low quality hayfields are being converted to urban lots for development. Hay and pasture fields that are invaded with weeds such as smooth bedstraw are no longer productive and are sold for housing development, rather than reseeded for forage production.

There are 636 farms in the sub-basin. Blueberries (52,296 acres) are the primary agricultural crop grown on 465 farms. Five large processors grow 60% of the blueberries on 40% of the acres. The larger farms vary from 1,000 to 10,000 acres. 460 farms grow 40% of the blueberries on 60% of the acres. These farms vary from 2 – 600 acres. Most of the blueberries from small and large farms are frozen and processed through one of the local large processors. Blueberry fields are often burned to reduce grassy weed competition. Fields are often cleared to facilitate control using mechanical and chemical methods.

100 livestock growers are listed in the New England Agricultural Census data. 80 beef producers, 19 dairy producers with 66 sheep producers are listed for this region. Of these approximately 50 are required or would benefit from a comprehensive nutrient management plan for the manure generated, stored and spread on crop and pasture fields.

171 farms grow mixed vegetables (broccoli, cucumbers, peas, pumpkins, sweet corn, squash, and tomatoes) on small acreages varying from 1 – 5 acres. These small truck farms provide locally grown produce for markets in the area.

Conservation assistance is provided by four NRCS service centers (Machias, Ellsworth, Belfast and Warren), one Soil Survey office, one Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) office.

II. Physical Description

A. Level 5 Watershed Summary 6

The area of concern consists of one Level 4 Sub-basin, 22 Level 5 Watersheds, and 125 Level 6 Sub- watersheds. As this document is being prepared, Maine’s Watershed Boundary Dataset has been submitted for certification for inclusion into the national map. All HU Codes and Names refer to this version of the WBD (May 8, 2008).

A large scale, detailed orientation map, Orientation_map_01050002.pdf, accompanies this document.

See the following table for the Watershed inventory.

Sub-basin 01050002 - List of Level 5 Watersheds DOWNSTREAM HUC_10 WATERSHED NAME ACRES HUC_10 HU_10_MOD HU_10_TYPE 0105000201 Dennys River 83,415 0105000203 NM Standard 0105000202 Pennamaquan River 34,512 0105000203 NM Frontal 0105000203 Grand Manan Channel 196,732 OCEAN NM Frontal East Machias River-Round 0105000204 Lake 94,293 0105000205 NM Standard 0105000205 East Machias River 105,013 0105000205 NM Standard 0105000206 Upper Machias River 71,227 0105000207 NM Standard 0105000207 Middle Machias River 66,344 0105000209 NM Standard 0105000208 Old Stream 69,492 0105000209 NM Standard 0105000209 Lower Machias River 112,879 0105000210 NM Standard 0105000210 Machias Bay 109,647 OCEAN NM Frontal Roque Bluffs Frontal 0105000211 Drainages 211,406 OCEAN NM Frontal 0105000212 Pleasant River-Pleasant Bay 133,763 0105000213 NM Frontal Narraguagus River- 0105000213 Narraguagus Bay 246,741 OCEAN NM Frontal Schoodic Point-Petit-Manan 0105000214 Point Frontal Drainages 138,918 OCEAN NM Frontal 0105000215 Graham Lake 309,522 0105000216 DM,TF Standard 0105000216 Union River Bay 80,911 0105000218 NM Standard 0105000217 Frenchman Bay 416,638 OCEAN NM Frontal Blue Hill-Mount Desert 0105000218 Frontal Drainages 260,632 OCEAN NM Frontal 0105000219 Bagaduce River 52,238 OCEAN NM Frontal 0105000220 Stonington Frontal Drainages 193,010 OCEAN NM Frontal 0105000221 Belfast Bay 58,702 OCEAN NM Frontal 0105000222 Penobscot Bay 693,709 OCEAN NM Frontal Sub-basin Total 3,739,744

HU_10_MOD: modification; NM = No Modification, DM = Dam, TF = Transportation Facility HU_10_TYPE: type; Standard = single pour point, Frontal = watershed adjoins shoreline and has multiple outlets

B. Common Resource Area Descriptions 7

CRA – 143.ME1 – Northeastern Mountains – This area is 90% spruce, fir and northern hardwood forest. The mountains and foothills are commonly rounded; are underlain by granite, phyllite, gneiss, schist and slate; and are thinly mantled by glacial till. The principal products are lumber and pulp for the paper industry. Soils are dominantly moderately well drained and somewhat poorly drained, and formed in glacial till.

CRA - 144B.ME1 – New England Upland, Northern Part – Till-mantled rolling to hilly uplands characterize most of this area, with level to gently sloping valleys terminating in coastal lowlands. This area comprises a mix of cropland and pastureland used in the production of forage for dairy and beef, truck crops, small fruits and Christmas tree farms. Soils are dominantly moderately well drained and well drained and formed in glacial till on the uplands and marine sediments and outwash materials on the coastal plain.

C. Precipitation 8

Annual precipitation ranges from 43 inches to 53 inches with the higher amounts along the coast.

D. Landcover Categories, in Acres, by Watershed 5.

Landcover distribution is presented in two forms: Gross Landcover (10 Categories), and Detailed Landcover (22 Categories). The graphic below shows that roughly half (52.1%) of the sub-basin is forested.

Sub-basin 01050002 - Gross Landcover Distribution

36.4% 2.5% Water

2.6%

All Other 11.5% 1.5%

1.3% Forest

0.3% 2.2% 0.7% 52.1% 0.4%

Urban/ Trans Cult. Crop Pasture/ Hay

Other Grass Forest Scrub/ Shrub

Open Wetland Barren Water

Blue- berries

Sub-basin 01050002 - Gross Landcover by Watershed (Acres) Level 5 Watersheds % of Urban/ Cult. Pasture/ Other Scrub/ Open Blue- Watershed Sub- Name HUC_10 Trans Crop Hay Grass Forest Shrub Wetland Barren Water berries Total basin Dennys River 01 1,455 699 353 29 62,340 712 3,663 165 10,978 3,014 83,409 2.5 Pennamaquan River 02 1,106 198 198 82 27,278 399 1,728 321 2,436 762 34,508 1.0 Grand Manan Channel 03 4,186 315 2,016 521 111,638 827 6,056 6,821 63,578 762 196,720 5.8 East Machias River- Round Lake 04 1,457 557 410 49 77,275 1,005 4,874 771 6,222 1,657 94,277 2.8 East Machias River 05 1,356 308 518 138 83,967 1,563 5,467 230 10,479 985 105,011 3.1 Upper Machias River 06 413 34 103 26 58,132 2,233 3,928 571 5,773 0 71,213 2.1 Middle Machias River 07 580 31 240 44 56,221 5,313 1,346 405 2,085 76 66,339 2.0 Old Stream 08 949 185 241 133 60,022 1,176 1,600 155 2,886 2,138 69,487 2.0 Lower Machias River 09 1,700 693 626 267 87,523 1,954 5,227 1,508 3,043 10,335 112,878 3.3 Machias Bay 10 743 10 222 389 31,882 602 2,155 5,322 50,865 391 92,582 2.7 Roque Bluffs Frontal Drainages 11 2,338 361 793 1,040 83,059 1,407 3,589 9,787 99,673 4,619 206,667 6.1 Pleasant River-Pleasant Bay 12 2,248 725 1,005 345 82,125 1,742 9,455 8,530 14,355 12,920 133,451 3.9 Narraguagus River- Narraguagus Bay 13 1,933 420 997 452 134,236 3,791 7,343 3,628 27,238 8,605 188,643 5.6 Schoodic Point-Petit- Manan Point Frontal Drainages 14 1,852 308 271 722 65,321 2,900 3,887 6,133 57,024 495 138,913 4.1 Graham Lake 15 2,951 2,808 1,022 680 257,854 4,426 10,657 2,830 26,203 50 309,482 9.1 Union River Bay 16 4,815 812 1,160 417 57,841 1,129 1,305 1,132 11,986 303 80,899 2.4 Frenchman Bay 17 6,796 458 1,325 1,389 104,018 4,385 6,185 10,193 48,217 0 182,966 5.4 Blue Hill-Mount Desert Frontal Drainages 18 9,175 369 713 1,122 85,482 1,862 1,629 6,622 151,897 1,742 260,614 7.7 Bagaduce River 19 2,451 254 2,068 187 35,904 1,056 1,611 1,244 5,211 2,243 52,227 1.5 Stonington Frontal Drainages 20 3,056 35 323 656 34,240 688 98 6,608 135,063 372 181,139 5.3 Belfast Bay 21 3,372 1,578 3,552 17 45,039 585 1,549 290 2,629 71 58,682 1.7 Penobscot Bay 22 19,210 1,890 5,545 2,579 129,028 2,940 3,939 13,198 498,723 663 677,716 19.9 Landcover Total 74,142 13,049 23,702 11,285 1,770,426 42,695 87,293 86,463 1,236,563 52,206 3,397,823 100.0 % of Sub-basin 2.2 0.4 0.7 0.3 52.1 1.3 2.6 2.5 36.4 1.5 100.0

The table of detailed Landcover categories is available upon request, but it is not presented in this document.

E. Habitat Diversity 10.

One of the most significant characteristics of this sub-basin is the diversity of habitats, ranging from terrestrial habitats for upland mammals and birds, and freshwater habitats for anadromous and diadromous fish and wading birds, to intertidal habitats for shorebirds and shellfish, to marine habitats for seabirds, shellfish, and marine animals. A large scale, detailed map, Habitat_Diversity_3x4-ft.pdf, accompanies this document. This map, for clarity’s sake, does not show Inland Waterfowl and Wading Bird habitats.

Six of the eight Endangered Species Act (ESA) Listed Salmon rivers are contained within this sub-basin. As part of the RWA process and in cooperation with the Atlantic Salmon Commission (ASC) an inventory of stream crossings was generated by intersecting the Census Bureau roads dataset with the National Hydrography 1:24000 Flowline dataset. This yielded over 1,000 crossings (culverts and bridges) with the potential for impeding salmon access to spawning areas. A large scale, detailed map in Acrobat Reader format, Salmon_Screen_Crossings.pdf, accompanies this document. The inventory is contained in a shapefile called stream_crossings.shp. Each crossing carries the name of the stream and intersecting road where the names exist. Maine NRCS, the ASC, and private landowners in these watersheds have been applying financial and technical assistance through the Wildlife Habitats Incentive Program to restore fish passage.

There are nearly 400 active Bald Eagle nests in the sub-basin.

There are over 160,000 acres of mapped shellfish beds in the sub-basin, but a very large percentage of them are closed to harvest because of bacterial and red tide contamination.

Sub-basin 01050002 - Habitat Diversity by Level 5 Watershed (Acres) 0105000209 0105000209 0105000210 0105000211 0105000212 0105000213 0105000214 0105000215 0105000216 0105000217 0105000218 0105000219 0105000220 0105000221 0105000222 0105000201 0105000201 0105000202 0105000203 0105000204 0105000205 0105000206 0105000207 0105000208 TOTALS Habitat Category (Ac.) Watershed Size (Ac.) 83,409 34,508 196,720 94,277 105,011 71,213 66,339 69,487 112,878 92,582 206,667 133,451 188,643 138,913 309,482 80,899 182,966 260,614 52,227 181,139 58,682 677,716 3,397,823 RTE* Plants 8,200 146 2,212 3,482 1,358 2,365 1,195 31 620 998 1,138 11,921 1,250 2,991 3,111 2,814 10,924 41,100 89 236 11 1,883 98,072 Deer Winter Areas 2,274 0 527 3,972 1,190 451 534 2,155 4,049 0 344 194 2,930 231 5,072 1,008 1,798 3,828 736 580 10,449 9,645 51,966 Roseate Tern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 514 0 364 0 0 408 24 0 134 0 2,266 3,710 Shorebirds- Feeding & Roosting 0 0 2,550 0 0 0 0 0 81 2,206 2,016 4,465 716 2,363 0 0 2,260 1,604 337 728 0 1,173 20,499 Seabird Nesting Islands 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 209 136 97 27 102 0 0 45 379 0 236 0 175 1,415 Tidal Birds 90 380 7,549 0 101 0 0 0 1,015 4,507 8,235 7,225 2,100 4,487 0 616 8,550 4,217 2,827 4,046 231 9,071 65,247 Eelgrass Beds 20 31 1,171 0 0 0 0 0 37 1,662 3,776 1,764 1,015 2,347 0 0 3,156 479 939 1,061 0 2,219 19,677 Shellfish Beds 69 487 9,863 0 0 0 0 0 437 4,588 10,521 4,661 1,649 4,369 0 3,280 7,825 43,160 1,208 25,046 74 43,649 160,886 **Eagle Nests 4 2 53 1 13 2 0 0 2 12 36 23 14 26 14 6 50 23 6 42 5 57 391 RTE* Animals 2 0 5 4 3 1 11 10 15 4 11 22 24 4 9 2 4 10 0 41 3 25 210 Totals 10,654 1,044 23,895 7,455 2,653 2,816 1,732 2,188 6,243 14,174 26,178 30,852 9,697 17,261 8,189 7,720 34,980 94,798 6,138 32,087 10,767 70,101 421,623 % of Watershed 12.8 3.0 12.1 7.9 2.5 4.0 2.6 3.1 5.5 15.3 12.7 23.1 5.1 12.4 2.6 9.5 19.1 36.4 11.8 17.7 18.3 10.3 12.4 ***Designated Conservation Lands 8,395 8,922 21,953 943 9,889 13,728 8,608 6,167 7,652 8,599 3,392 6,319 4,438 13,881 16,519 1,255 18,195 30,897 199 5,495 1,226 13,835 210,507 * RTE = Rare, Threatened, and Endangered. ** In the body of the table, the figures for Eagle Nests and RTE Animals are occurrence numbers, not acres. An allowance of 1/4-acre per occurrence has been included in the watershed acreage totals. *** Because of overlap, Conservation Lands acres are not included in the watershed acreage totals. US Fish & Wildlife Service maintains a National Hatchery at the mouth of Green Lake in the Union River watershed. Six of the eight Federally listed Atlantic Salmon rivers, their watersheds totalling 807,505 acres, are contained in this sub-basin: Dennys River, East Machias River, Machias River, Pleasant River, Narraguagus River, and Ducktrap River. 1Source: Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Habitat Datasets through agreement with Maine Natural Areas Program.

Habitat Diversity by Watershed

100,000

90,000 Shellfish Beds Eelgrass Beds 80,000 Tidal Birds Seabird Nesting Islands Shorebirds- Feeding & Roosting 70,000 Roseate Tern Deer Winter Areas 60,000 RTE* Plants

50,000 Acres

40,000

30,000

20,000

10,000

201 202 203 205 207 209 211 212 213 214 216 218 220 221 222 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 5 5 05000 05000204 0 05000 05000 05000 05000215 0 05000 05000 0105 01 0105 01 0105 010500020601 010500020801 010500021001 0105 01 0105 01 0105 010500021701 010500021901 0105 01 Level 5 Watershed

III. Resource Concerns

Blueberry Land

Resource concerns associated with Blueberry land include: air quality impacts due to burning and pesticide use, groundwater impacts from nutrients, pesticides and herbicides, surface waters and fisheries impacts (T&E species) from use of nutrients and pesticides; T&E specie impacts by sedimentation caused from firebreak or access road erosion, hung culverts restricting fish passage, thin or nonexistent buffers, and irrigation occurring during low flow periods.

Conservation Practices that may be used to address these concerns include: land management practices such as brush management, nutrient management, and pest management; and structural practices such as obstruction removal, fish passage, access road, stream crossing, irrigation water source development, well, irrigation water management plan, irrigation system practices and riparian forest buffer, and firebreaks.

Forestry/Wildlife

Resource concerns associated with forestry include: fish passage barriers with improperly installed culverts, or roads (Atlantic Salmon and other diadromous fish), stream segments with narrow or nonexistent buffers (need for establishment of buffers and conservation of existing buffers, invasives species control within buffers), erosion and associated sedimentation due to improperly constructed roads, ditches and culverts, lack for forest management planning, need for management of relatively young forest stands and protection of older stands, protection of vernal pools, and need for technical assistance to landowners to assess pros and cons of biofuel development, uncontrolled development and associated loss of forest land.

Conservation practices that may be used to address these issues include: Management Practices such as Prescribed Forestry (Forest Management Plan Development), Forest Stand Improvement, Early Successional Habitat Development/Management; and, structural practices such as Fish Passage, Stream Crossing, Access Road, and Riparian Forest Buffer.

Pasture & Hayland

Resource concerns associated with pasture and hayland include: water quality issues related to livestock access to water, plant productivity and suitability, lack of nutrients, invasive species, and overgrazing,

Conservation Practices to address these concerns include: land management practices such as nutrient management, prescribed grazing (rotation of pastures), reseeding; and, structural practices such as fencing for pasture management, water facility, livestock exclusion with fencing, access roads and stream crossings..

Farm Headquarters

There are still a number of farms that lack proper animal waste storage and handling systems which are contributing nutrients and organics onto surface waters.

Conservation practices to address these concerns include: land management practices such as nutrient management; and, structural practices such as .animal waste storage facilities, heavy use areas, wastewater treatment strip, and roof runoff management.

Water Quality –

Sedimentation from erosion is a primary non-point pollution concern. Erosion from recreational trails, poorly unpaved and paved roads and stream banks are sources of sediment in streams. Improper animal waste management (inappropriate manure stacking sites, livestock concentration areas, excessive use of manure on fields, spreading of manures in close proximity to water) is contributing to polluted runoff in streams and groundwater.

Current USDA Farm Bill Programs that can be utilized to address these resource concerns include: the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, the Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program, and the Conservation Reserve Program. The Programs may change with new Farm Bills.

Other State and local programs may be available to assist with these concerns as well. The Maine Forest Service provides funds for the development of forest stewardship plans. The State of Maine, through the Maine Department of Agriculture has periodically provided funding for irrigation water source development or for animal waste storage and handling facilities. The State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection has provided grant funds to local entities to address various environmental concerns through their EPA funded 319 program. The local Soil and Water Conservation Districts raise funds to address various resource concerns within their borders. Many non-profit groups also work within the watershed to address natural resource concerns such as Project SHARE (Project Salmon Habitat And River Enhancement) a non-profit focused on opening up miles of stream habitat for Atlantic salmon.

A summary matrix addressing each resource concern can be found in section VII. This matrix identifies the land use, four primary resource concerns associated with each land use, expected levels of treatment with associated conservation practices and costs. It represents a rough estimate based on the knowledge and expertise of natural resource professionals working in the watershed.

Impaired Waters

The following tables list the impaired waters for this sub-basin from the most recent state 305b/303d report 12. Estuarine and marine waters are included to show linkage to the shellfish closure areas.

Category 4-B: Rivers and Streams Impaired by Pollutants - Pollution Control Requirements Reasonably Expected to Result in Attainment 12 EXPECT TO ADB ASSESSMENT UNIT SEGMENT SEGMENT ATTAIN ID SEGMENT NAME CAUSE SIZE CLASS COMMENTS DATE

Haz waste remediation project (Superfund)--expected to attain ME0105000201_507R01 Dennys River Polychlorinated biphenyls 4.5 AA standards by 2010 2010

Category 5-A: Rivers and Streams Impaired by Pollutants Other Than Those Listed in 5-B Through 5-D (TMDL Required) ADB ASSESSMENT UNIT SEGMENT SEGMENT TMDL ID SEGMENT NAME CAUSE SIZE CLASS COMMENTS PRIORITY

Great Falls Branch, Formerly listed as segment Schoodic Stream Benthic-Macroinvertebrate 512R_02 - Great Falls Branch, ME0105000209_512R_03 (Deblois) Bioassessments (Streams) 1.33 A Schoodic Stream 2012 Card Brook ME0105000213_514R_01 (Ellsworth) Escherichia Coli 1.2 B 2012 Card Brook ME0105000213_514R_01 (Ellsworth) Oxygen, Dissolved 1.2 B 2012 New cause added based on Card Brook Benthic-Macroinvertebrate 2006 biomonitoring non- ME0105000213_514R_01 (Ellsworth) Bioassessments (Streams) 1.2 B attainment 2012 Warren Brook ME0105000218_521R_01 (Belfast) Oxygen, Dissolved 6.04 B 2012

Category 5-B: Rivers and Streams Impaired by Bacteria Contamination (TMDL Required) ADB ASSESSMENT UNIT SEGMENT SEGMENT TMDL ID SEGMENT NAME CAUSE SIZE CLASS COMMENTS PRIORITY ME0105000203_508R02 Pottle Brook (Perry) Escherichia Coli 0.5 B Megunticook River ME0105000220_522R01_01 (Camden) Escherichia Coli 3.56 B Unnamed Brook ME0105000220_522R02_01 (Camden) Escherichia Coli 0.7 B Unnamed Brook ME0105000220_522R03 (Rockport) Escherichia Coli 0.5 B Unnamed Brook ME0105000220_522R04 (Rockland) Escherichia Coli 0.5 B

Category 5-D: Rivers and Streams Impaired by Legacy Pollutants ADB ASSESSMENT UNIT SEGMENT SEGMENT TMDL ID SEGMENT NAME CAUSE SIZE CLASS COMMENTS PRIORITY McCoy Brook Benthic-Macroinvertebrate ME0105000209_512R_02 (Deblois) Bioassessments (Streams) 1 B Legacy peat mining effects McCoy Brook (Deblois) pH 1 B Legacy peat mining effects

Category 4-A: Lake Waters with Impaired Use, TMDL Completed

TMDL Year approved by EPA LAKE (Impaired HUC_10 LAKE NAME LAKE ID AREA Date of Last Visit; Year of Next Likely Visit use & notes) 2005 (Prim. Contact, 0105000220 Lilly Pond 83 29 2007 2008 stable)

Category 4-C: Lake Waters with Impairment not Caused by a Pollutant

TMDL Year approved by EPA LAKE (Impaired HUC_10 LAKE NAME LAKE ID AREA Date of Last Visit; Year of Next Likely Visit use & notes) Non-att. d/t non-poll. (Aquatic Life: 0105000212 Graham Lake 4350 7865 2004 2009 draw down)

Category 5-B-1: Estuarine and Marine Waters Impaired by Bacteria Only Waterbody DMR Segment Segment Segment Last Source Segment Comments ID Area Description Size(Acres) Class Year Size Sampled (Square Miles) 722-2 28 Tenants Harbor to Mosquito Head, St. George 621.4 SB Current OBDs; Elevated fecals; Boats; Nonpoint Source 0.9709375 722-6 28-H Marshall Point -Mosquito Head, St. George 193.8 SB Current OBD; Septic system problems; Elevated fecals; 0.3028125 Nonpoint Source 722-7 28-I Weskeag River, So. Thomaston and Owls 41.9 SB Current Septic system problems; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint 0.0654688 Head Source 722-8 29 Rockland 2,459.90 SB/SC Current STP; OBDs; Stormwater; Boats; Elevated fecals; 3.8435938 Nonpoint Source 722-11 30 Rockport 2,036.30 SB Current OBDs; Boats; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 3.1817188 722-13 30-D Vinalhaven 1,255.20 SB Current OBDs; Boats; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 1.9612500 722-14 30-H Kent Cove, North Haven 180.8 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.2825000 722-16 30-J Vinal Cove -Starboard Rock, Vinalhaven 90.4 SB Current OBD; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1412500 722-17 30-K Southern Harbor, North Haven 36.4 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0568750 722-19 30-M Roberts Harbor, Vinalhaven 175.4 SB Current OBD; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.2740625 722-21 31-A Rockport Harbor to Ducktrap Harbor, 2,139.60 SB Current STP; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 3.3431250 Lincolnville 722-22 31-B Great Spruce Head -Kelleys Cove, Northport 1,237.30 SB Current STP; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 1.9332813 722-23 32 Belfast Bay 4,172 SB Current STP; OBDs; Boats; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint 6.5187500 Source 722-24 33 Searsport -Stockton Springs 2789 SB/SC Current STP; OBDs; Septic system problems; Elevated 4.3578125 fecals; Nonpoint Source 722-24 34 Stockton Springs 460.60 SB/SC Current Elevated fecals, Nonpoint Source 0.7196875 722-25 35 Penobscot River 12,743.00 SB/SC Current STP; OBDs; Boats; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint 19.9109375 Source 722-26A 36- Northern Bay, Penobscot 786.30 SB Current OBDs, Elevated fecals, Nonpoint Source 1.2285938 new A 722-26B 36-B Upper Bagaduce River 7.00 SA Current Agriculture, Nonpoint Source 0.0109375 new 722-29A 37-D Long Cove, Deer Isle 22.00 SB Current Elevated fecals, Nonpoint Source 0.0343750 new 722-34 38 Stonington Harbor & NW Crocket Cove, Deer 222 SB Current OBDs; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.3468750 Isle & Stonington 722-38 39-A Center Harbor – Brooklin 32 SB Current Elevated fecals; Seasonal marina, Nonpoint Source 0.0500000 722-38 39-B Eastern Flye Point, Brooklin 11 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0171875 722-39 39-F Benjamin River, Sedgwick 23 SB Current Seasonal marina; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0359375 707-4 39-E Salt Pond, Sedgwick – Brooklin 80 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1250000 707-4 39-H Northwest Herrick Bay, 38 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0593750 new

Brooklin Category 5-B-1: Estuarine and Marine Waters Impaired by Bacteria Only Waterbody DMR Segment Segment Segment Last Source Segment Comments ID Area Description Size(Acres) Class Year Size Sampled (Square Miles) 707-4 39-G Northern Morgan Bay 114 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1781250 new 707-4 39-I Bragdon Brook, Blue Hill 25 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0390625 new 707-10 42-E Mackerel Cove, Swans Island 4 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0062500 707-5 48-A Goose Cove, Trenton 121 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1890625 707-11 48-B Pretty Marsh Harbor, Mount Desert 180 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.2812500 707-11 48-C Northwest Cove, Bar Harbor 87 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1359375 714-9 49-A Jellison Cove, Hancock 9 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0140625 714-10 49-B Carrying Place, Hancock 25 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0390625 714-11 49-C Kilkenny Cove, Hancock 43 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0671875 714-11 49-D Eagle Point, Sullivan 7 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0109375 new 714-13 50-A US Rt. 1 Bridge, West Sullivan and Long 30 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0468750 Cove, Sullivan 714-14 50-B Springer Brook, Mill Brook and West Brook, W. 93 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1453125 Franklin 714-15 50-C Johnny's Brook and Card Mill Stream, Franklin 2 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0031250 714-15 50-D Evergreen Point, Sullivan 34 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0531250 new 714-16 50-E Egypt Bay, Hancock and Franklin 106 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1656250 714-16 51-C Bunker Cove, South Gouldsboro 12 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0187500 new 706-3 52-B Mill Pond Stream, Gouldsboro 8 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0125000 706-6 52-E Dyer Harbor -Pinkham Bay, Steuben 73 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1140625 706-7 52-F Birch Harbor, Gouldsboro 19 SB Current Seasonal marina; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0296875 706-7 52-G Joy Bay, Gouldsboro and Steuben 1024 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 1.6000000 706-8 52-J Dyer Harbor, Steuben 162 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.2531250 705-3 52-K Mitchell Point, Milbridge 32 SB Current Septic system problems; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint 0.0500000 Source 705-1 53 Narraguagus River, Milbridge 821 SB Current Elevated fecals, OBDs, Nonpoint Sourcce 1.2828125 704-2 53-D Curtis Creek, Flat Bay, Harrington 31 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0484375 704-3 53- E Upper Harrington River 483 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.7546875 705-3 53-G Smith Cove, Narraguagus Bay, Milbridge 3 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0046875

Category 5-B-1: Estuarine and Marine Waters Impaired by Bacteria Only Waterbody DMR Segment Segment Segment Last Source Segment Size Comments ID Area Description Size(Acres) Class Year (Square Sampled Miles) 703-2 54 Jonesport and West Jonesport 459 SB Current OBDs; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint 0.7171875 Source 703-3 54-A North End of Beals Island 95 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1484375 703-4 54-B Indian River, Addison – Jonesport 68 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1062500 703-5 54-K Southeastern Alley Bay & Pig Island Gut, Beals 24 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0375000 703-6 54-M Lamesen Brook in West River, Addison 52 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0812500 713-1 54-D East & West Branches, Little Kennebec Bay, Machias and 68 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1062500 Machiasport 713-2 54-G White Creek, Masons Bay, Jonesport – Jonesboro 47 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0734375 713-3 54-H Chandler River, Jonesboro 119 SB Current Elevated fecals, OBDs, Nonpoint 0.1859375 Source 709-5 55-I Indian Head, Machiasport 17 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0265625 708-1 55-A Little River -Cutler Harbor 37 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0578125 708-3 55-G Money Cove, Cutler 32 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0500000 708-4 56-C Haycock Harbor, Trescott 16 SA/SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0250000 708-6 58 Lubec and South Lubec 70 SB Current OBDs; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint 0.1093750 Source 701-1 56 Denny's River and Northwest Denny's Bay, Edmunds – 88 SA/SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1375000 Pembroke 701-2 56-A Pennamaquan Bay, Pembroke 80 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1250000 708-4 56-B East Stream, Trescott 15 SA/SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0234375 708-4 56-D Crane Mill Brook, Edmunds 94 SA Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.1468750 New 708-4 56-H Ox Cove, Pembroke 653 SA Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 1.0203125 New 701-7 57-B Deep Cove, Eastport 154 SC Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.2406250 701-7 59 Half Moon Cove, Eastport 46 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0718750 New 701-8 58 Lubec and South Lubec 487 SB Current OBDs; Elevated fecals; Nonpoint 0.7609375 Source 701-10 58-F The Haul-Up, South Bay, West Lubec 40 SB Current Elevated fecals; Nonpoint Source 0.0625000

IV. Financial Assistance and Technical Assistance Resources

Other State and local programs may be available to assist with these concerns as well. The Maine Forest Service provides funds for the development of forest stewardship plans. The State of Maine, through the Maine Department of Agriculture has periodically provided funding for irrigation water source development or for animal waste storage and handling facilities. The State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection has provided grant funds to local entities to address various environmental concerns through their EPA funded 319 program. The local Soil and Water Conservation Districts raise funds to address various resource concerns within their borders. The Passamaquoddy Tribes obtain grant funds to assist in addressing resource concerns. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Maine Blueberry industry may provide resources to assist producers tackle environmental issues.

Technical assistance may be provided by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the local Soil and Water Conservation Districts, Maine Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Maine Fish and Inland Wildlife, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, the Atlantic Salmon Commission, and the Downeast Resource Conservation and Development Area Council. Numerous other governmental agencies and non-profits are available to provide assistance.

A summary matrix addressing each resource concern can be found in Section VII. This matrix identifies the land use, four primary resource concerns associated with each land use, expected levels of treatment with associated conservation practices and costs. It represents a rough estimate based on the knowledge and expertise of natural resource professionals working in the watershed.

V. Census and Social Data

The following table shows the population changes by watershed for the 124 towns whose centers fall within the sub-basin. For the period 1990-2000 the changes range from an 8% Net Loss in the Machias Bay watershed to a 40% Net Gain in the Old Stream watershed. The map that follows illustrates the changes on a watershed basis. The map suggests that the watersheds with the most potential for impacts are in the Union River Watershed and Bay. This is consistent with the growth in the Ellsworth-Trenton-Blue Hill-Bar Harbor corridor.

Looking at the 50-year period from 1950 to 2000 (see 2nd map following), all but four watersheds have had double to triple digit percentage increases. The Union River system again leads the way, probably because of its high concentration of freshwater lakes.

Sub-basin 01050002 - Population Changes by Watershed, 1990-2000 HUC_10 NAME POP00 POP90 POP80 POP70 POP60 POP50 Chg90_00 PCTCHG 01 Dennys River 844 735 600 333 412 519 109 15 02 Pennamaquan River 1,476 1,398 1,528 1,080 1,131 1,250 78 6 03 Grand Manan Channel 6,489 5,910 5,942 5,363 6,757 7,762 579 10 East Machias River-Round 04 Lake 1,248 1,208 1,220 1,140 1,057 1,097 40 3 05 East Machias River 1,303 1,218 1,233 1,057 1,198 1,101 85 7 06 Upper Machias River 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 07 Middle Machias River 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 08 Old Stream 139 99 88 57 79 75 40 40 09 Lower Machias River 3,122 3,271 3,138 2,823 3,110 2,511 -149 -5 10 Machias Bay 1,783 1,945 1,834 1,475 1,634 1,264 -162 -8 Roque Bluffs Frontal 11 Drainages 4,718 4,707 4,610 3,749 4,016 4,315 11 0 Pleasant River-Pleasant 12 Bay 1,345 1,330 1,134 715 936 1,205 15 1 Narraguagus River- 13 Narraguagus Bay 2,533 2,604 2,369 1,977 1,921 2,188 -71 -3 Schoodic Point-Petit- Manan Point Frontal 14 Drainages 3,107 3,070 2,544 2,007 1,773 1,952 37 1 15 Graham Lake 3,599 2,858 2,169 1,404 1,339 1,317 741 26 16 Union River Bay 7,817 6,979 6,073 5,226 4,991 4,384 838 12 17 Frenchman Bay 12,435 11,346 9,961 8,270 7,483 7,377 1,089 10 Blue Hill-Mount Desert 18 Frontal Drainages 10,371 9,194 8,362 6,918 6,595 6,962 1,177 13 19 Bagaduce River 3,789 3,197 3,203 2,444 2,104 2,106 592 19 Stonington Frontal 20 Drainages 2,469 2,406 2,420 2,332 2,481 2,961 63 3 21 Belfast Bay 3,886 3,300 2,678 2,079 2,022 1,814 586 18 22 Penobscot Bay 31,422 29,485 27,095 23,145 22,341 21,200 1,937 7 TOTALS 103,904 96,260 88,201 73,594 73,380 73,360 7,644 8

VI. Status of Resources

PRMS/PRS Data FY 99 FY 00 FY 01 FY 02 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 Avg/Year Total ** Total Conservation Systems Planned (acres) 9821 2653 3,933 1557 2342 6050 5438 9063 1643 2863 20043 Total Conservation Systems Applied (acres) 7761 5272 5,236 3653 1944 1235** 1974 3376 5918 2409 16865 ` Conservation Treatment Buffers (Acres) 0 55 22 59 0 2 0 0 259 49 342 Erosion Control (Acres) 22 4 56 113 58 * * * * 32 227 Irrigation Water Management (Acres) 0 0 0 600 225 0 0 0 823 235 1648 Nutrient Management (Acres) 6302 6819 4284 3121 1384 57 297 122 338 1372 9603 Pest Management (Acres) 6557 6485 4158 2951 836 405 229 805 103 1355 9487 Prescribed Grazing (Acres) 56 32 69 110 133 0 45 4 133 71 494 Trees & Shrubs (Acres) 1082 5 16 40 0 1121 302 99 54 233 1632 Conservation Tillage (Acres) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Waste Management (Number) 3 4 5 2 0 3 3 1 1 2 15 Wetlands (Acres) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 259 37 260 Wildlife Habitat (Acres) 8 0 96 180 0 22 97 104 418 131 917

* data no longer recorded ** HUC data not available, used total acres for Washington, Hancock Counties

Progress over the last seven years has been focused on: • Nutrient and pest management on blueberry fields • Forest stand improvement in forests • Wetland wildlife habitat management in wildlife areas

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VII. Summary Matrix – Forest/Wildlife

WATERSHED NAME & CODE COASTAL WASHINGTON/HANCOCK COUNTIES - 01010002 LANDUSE ACRES 1,770,145 LANDUSE TYPE FOREST/WILDLIFE TYPICAL UNIT SIZE ACRES 100 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION ESTIMATED PARTICIPATION 52%

CURRENT FUTURE CONDITIONS RESOURCE CONCERNS CONDITIONS Water Fish and Quality: Wildlife – T CONSERVATION SYSTEMS Soil Erosion: Excessive Plant & E Existing New Roads, Road Suspended Condition: BY TREATMENT LEVELS Total Total Fish/Wildlife Unchanged Treatment Sides and Sediment Productivity, Units Units Species: Units Units Construction and Health and Listed or Sites Turbidity in Vigor Proposed Surface under ESA Water

Baseline System System Rating -> 1 3 3 -1 Total Acreage at Baseline Level 1,593,130 716,909 0 716,909 Access Road (ft) 560 23,896,953 10,753,629 0 10,753,629 2 0 2 -2 Stream Crossing (no) 578 796,565 358,454 0 358,454 0 5 5 -1

Progressive System System Rating -> 1 3 4 2 Total Acreage at Progressive Level 88,507 84,390 796,565 880,955 Access Road (ft) 560 1,332,034 13,218,549 39,828 13,258,377 2 0 2 -2 Early Successional Habitat Development/Mgt. (ac) 647 2,655 2,532 23,897 26,429 2 0 2 5 Forest Stand Improvement (ac) 666 4,425 4,220 39,828 44,048 0 1 4 0 Stream Crossing (no) 578 44,254 440,478 250 440,788 0 5 5 -1

Resource Management System (RMS) System Rating -> 2 3 5 3 Total Acreage at RMS Level 88,507 88,507 83,774 172,281 Access Road (ft) 560 1,371,862 2,628,671 41,681 2,670,352 2 0 2 -2 Early Successional Habitat Development/Mgt. (ac) 647 2,655 2,779 2,390 5,168 2 0 2 5 Fish Passage (no) 396 170 150 20 190 2 1 0 2 Forest Stand Improvement (ac) 666 1,770 1,852 1,593 3,446 0 1 4 0 Prescribed Forestry (ac) 409 1,770 1,850 1,600 3,440 0 0 0 0 Riparian Forest Buffer (ac) 391 4,425 4,425 4,189 8,614 0 0 5 5 Stream Crossing (no) 578 44,254 86,140 150 86,290 0 5 5 -1

VII. Summary Matrix – Forest/Wildlife

CONSERVATION INVESTMENT INFORMATION

FUTURE USDA INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT Annual O New Installation Management Technical Installation & M CONSERVATION SYSTEMS Total Present Total Present Treatment Cost Cost - 3 yrs Assistance Cost + Mgt Value Cost Value Cost BY TREATMENT LEVELS Units Costs 75% 100% 20% 25% 100%

Progressive System Acres Treated 796565.115 Access Road (ft) 560 81,509 $328,583 $0 $65,717 $394,300 $109,528 $65,717 $397,220 Early Successional Habitat Development/Mgt. (ac) 647 26,287 $4,480,679 $0 $896,136 $5,376,815 $1,493,560 $59,742 $1,755,098 Forest Stand Improvement (ac) 666 39,828 $8,961,358 $0 $1,792,272 $10,753,629 $2,987,119 $0 $2,987,119 Stream Crossing (no) 578 400 $3,000,000 $0 $600,000 $3,600,000 $1,000,000 $400,000 $2,751,108 Subtotal $16,770,619 $0 $3,354,124 $20,124,743 $5,590,206 $525,459 $7,890,545

Resource Management System (RMS) Acres Treated 83773.55033 Access Road (ft) 560 41,681 $343,868 $0 $68,774 $412,641 $114,623 $68,774 $415,697 Early Successional Habitat Development/Mgt. (ac) 647 2,390 $448,068 $0 $89,614 $537,681 $149,356 $5,974 $175,510 Fish Passage (no) 396 8 $188,490 $0 $37,698 $226,189 $62,830 $7,540 $95,837 Forest Stand Improvement (ac) 666 1,593 $358,454 $0 $71,691 $430,145 $119,485 $0 $119,485 Prescribed Forestry (ac) 409 1,593 $23,895 $0 $4,779 $28,674 $7,965 $319 $9,360 Riparian Forest Buffer (ac) 391 4,189 $5,497,639 $0 $1,099,528 $6,597,167 $1,832,546 $73,302 $2,153,445 Stream Crossing (no) 578 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Subtotal $6,860,415 $0 $1,372,083 $8,232,497 $2,286,805 $155,908 $2,969,334

TOTAL ACRES TREATED / ESTIMATED TREATMENT COSTS 880338.6653 $23,631,034 $0 $4,726,207 $28,357,241 $7,877,011 $681,367 $10,859,879

VII. Summary Matrix –Cropland-Blueberries

WATERSHED NAME & CODE COASTAL HANCOCK/WASHINGTON COUNTIES - 01050002 LANDUSE ACRES 56,922 LANDUSE TYPE Crop-Blueberries TYPICAL UNIT SIZE ACRES 30 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION ESTIMATED PARTICIPATION 52%

CURRENT CONDITIONS FUTURE CONDITIONS RESOURCE CONCERNS

Fish and Water Quality: Soil Erosion: Wildlife – T & Excessive Air Existing New Roads, Road E Fish/Wildlife CONSERVATION SYSTEMS Total Total Suspended Quality: Unchanged Treatment Sides and Species: Units Units Sediment and Reduced BY TREATMENT LEVELS Units Units Construction Listed or Turbidity in Visibility Sites Proposed Surface Water under ESA

Baseline System System Rating -> 1 1 2 2 Total Acreage at Baseline Level 2,846 712 0 712 Access Road (ft) 560 47,435 11,859 0 11,859 2 1 0 1 Brush Management (ac) 314 882 221 0 221 0 0 4 2 Firebreak (ft) 394 94,870 23,718 0 23,718 0 0 0 1 Stream Crossing (no) 578 4,744 1,186 0 1,186 0 2 0 2

Progressive System System Rating -> 1 1 2 4 Total Acreage at Progressive Level 28,461 14,231 1,067 15,298 Access Road (ft) 560 474,350 254,963 0 254,963 2 1 0 1 Brush Management (ac) 314 9,961 5,312 43 5,354 0 0 4 2 Firebreak (ft) 394 948,700 509,926 0 509,926 0 0 0 1 Fish Passage (no) 396 9 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 Irrigation System, Sprinkler (ac) 442 28,461 14,231 1,067 15,298 0 1 0 0 Obstruction Removal (ac) 500 9,677 4,838 363 5,201 0 0 0 0 Pest Management (ac.) 595 28,461 14,231 1,067 15,298 0 0 0 4 Stream Crossing (no) 578 47,435 25,496 0 25,496 0 2 0 2 Water Well (no) 642 949 474 36 510 0 0 0 2

VII. Summary Matrix –Cropland-Blueberries

WATERSHED NAME & CODE COASTAL HANCOCK/WASHINGTON COUNTIES - 01050002 LANDUSE ACRES 56,922 LANDUSE TYPE Crop-Blueberries TYPICAL UNIT SIZE ACRES 30 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION ESTIMATED PARTICIPATION 52% CURRENT FUTURE CONDITIONS RESOURCE CONCERNS CONDITIONS Fish and Water Quality: Wildlife – T Soil Erosion: Air Existing Excessive & E New Roads, Road Quality: CONSERVATION SYSTEMS Total Unchang Total Suspended Fish/Wildlife Treatment Sides and Reduce Units ed Units Sediment and Species: BY TREATMENT LEVELS Units Construction d Units Turbidity in Listed or Sites Visibility Surface Water Proposed under ESA

System Rating -> 2 4 2 5 Resource Management System (RMS) 28,461 28,461 15,298 43,759 Total Acreage at RMS Level 5,692 8,752 0 8,752 2 1 0 1 Access Road (ft) 560 28,461 33,773 9,986 43,759 0 0 4 2 Brush Management (ac) 314 948,700 1,458,626 0 1,458,626 0 0 0 1 Firebreak (ft) 394 9 14 0 15 0 0 0 5 Fish Passage (no) 396 28,461 42,692 1,067 43,759 0 1 0 0 Irrigation System, Sprinkler (ac) 442 28,461 28,461 15,298 43,759 0 1 0 0 Irrigation Water Management (ac) 449 28,461 28,461 15,298 43,759 4 2 0 0 Nutrient Management 590 21,346 26,184 6,635 32,819 0 0 0 0 Obstruction Removal (ac) 500 28,461 42,692 1,067 43,759 0 0 0 4 Pest Management (ac.) 595 949 949 510 1,459 0 0 1 0 Pumping Plant (no) 533 1,423 1,423 765 2,188 0 5 0 5 Riparian Forest Buffer (ac) 391 949 1,459 0 1,459 0 2 0 2 Stream Crossing (no) 578 949 1,423 36 1,459 0 0 0 2 Water Well (no) 642

VII. Summary Matrix –Cropland-Blueberries

COASTAL HANCOCK/WASHINGTON COUNTIES - WATERSHED NAME & CODE LANDUSE ACRES 56,922 01050002 LANDUSE TYPE CROP - BLUEBERRIES TYPICAL UNIT SIZE ACRES 30

CONSERVATION INVESTMENT INFORMATION ESTIMATED PARTICIPATION 52%

FUTURE USDA INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTMENT

CONSERVATION SYSTEMS New Installation Management Technical Installation Annual O & M Total Present Total Present BY TREATMENT LEVELS Treatment Cost Cost - 3 yrs Assistance Cost + Mgt Costs Value Cost Value Cost Units 75% 100% 20% 25% 100% Progressive System Acres Treated 1,067 Access Road (ft) 560 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Brush Management (ac) 314 43 $4,360 $0 $872 $5,232 $1,453 $58 $1,708 Firebreak (ft) 394 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Fish Passage (no) 396 0 $8,005 $0 $1,601 $9,606 $2,668 $320 $4,070 Irrigation System, Sprinkler (ac) 442 1,067 $381,822 $0 $76,364 $458,187 $127,274 $10,182 $171,848 Obstruction Removal (ac) 500 363 $573,710 $0 $114,742 $688,452 $191,237 $38,247 $358,675 Pest Management (ac.) 595 1,067 $0 $192,112 $38,422 $214,127 $0 $64,037 $104,636 Stream Crossing (no) 578 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Water Well (no) 642 36 $80,047 $0 $16,009 $96,056 $26,682 $1,067 $31,355 Subtotal $1,047,943 $192,112 $248,011 $1,471,658 $349,314 $113,912 $672,291

Resource Management System (RMS) Acres Treated 15,298 Access Road (ft) 560 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Brush Management (ac) 314 9,986 $1,019,796 $0 $203,959 $1,223,755 $339,932 $13,597 $399,458 Firebreak (ft) 394 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Fish Passage (no) 396 0 $8,005 $0 $1,601 $9,606 $2,668 $320 $4,070 Irrigation System, Sprinkler (ac) 442 1,067 $381,822 $0 $76,364 $458,187 $127,274 $10,182 $171,848 Irrigation Water Management (ac) 449 15,298 $0 $1,606,268 $321,254 $1,790,340 $0 $535,423 $874,871 Nutrient Management 590 15,298 $0 $1,147,334 $229,467 $1,278,814 $0 $382,445 $624,908 Obstruction Removal (ac) 500 6,635 $10,489,889 $0 $2,097,978 $12,587,866 $3,496,630 $699,326 $6,558,118 Pest Management (ac.) 595 1,067 $0 $192,112 $38,422 $214,127 $0 $64,037 $104,636 Pumping Plant (no) 533 510 $6,884,004 $0 $1,376,801 $8,260,805 $2,294,668 $183,573 $3,098,311 Riparian Forest Buffer (ac) 391 765 $1,003,917 $0 $200,783 $1,204,701 $334,639 $13,386 $393,238 Stream Crossing (no) 578 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Water Well (no) 642 36 $80,047 $0 $16,009 $96,056 $26,682 $1,067 $31,355 Subtotal $19,867,480 $2,945,714 $4,562,639 $27,124,257 $6,622,493 $1,903,356 $12,260,811

TOTAL ACRES TREATED / ESTIMATED TREATMENT 0 $20,915,422 $3,137,825 $4,810,650 $28,595,915 $6,971,807 $2,017,268 $12,933,101 COSTS VII. Summary Matrix –Pasture/Hay

WATERSHED NAME & CODE COASTAL WASHINGTON/HANCOCK COUNTIES - 01050002 LANDUSE ACRES 23,700 LANDUSE TYPE PASTURE/HAY TYPICAL UNIT SIZE ACRES 15 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION ESTIMATED PARTICIPATION 43%

CURRENT FUTURE CONDITIONS RESOURCE CONCERNS CONDITIONS

Water Quality: Fish and Wildlife CONSERVATION SYSTEMS Plant Excessive Plant – T & E Existing New Condition: BY TREATMENT LEVELS Total Total Suspended Condition: Fish/Wildlife Unchanged Treatment Productivity, Units Units Sediment and Forage Quality Species: Listed Units Units Health and Turbidity in and Palatability or Proposed Vigor Surface Water under ESA

Baseline System System Rating -> 3 4 4 2 Total Acreage at Baseline Level 11,850 2,963 0 2,963 Fence (ft) 382 790,000 197,500 0 197,500 1 2 3 2 Pasture & Hay Planting (ac) 512 593 148 0 148 0 5 5 1 Watering Facility (no) 614 198 49 0 49 5 3 2 2 Progressive System System Rating -> 4 4 4 3 Total Acreage at Progressive Level 9,480 9,196 4,385 13,580 Fence (ft) 382 632,000 905,340 0 905,340 1 2 3 2 Pasture & Hay Planting (ac) 512 474 679 0 679 0 5 5 1 Prescribed Grazing (ac) 528 569 552 263 815 3 5 4 4 Watering Facility (no) 614 221 288 29 317 5 3 2 2 Resource Management System (RMS) System Rating -> 4 4 4 4 Total Acreage at RMS Level 2,370 2,370 4,787 7,157 Fence (ft) 382 158,000 477,160 0 477,160 1 2 3 2 Nutrient Management 590 356 356 718 1,074 3 0 3 4 Pasture & Hay Planting (ac) 512 474 713 718 1,431 0 5 5 1 Prescribed Grazing (ac) 528 142 159 270 429 3 5 4 4 Waste Storage Facility (no) 313 13 13 26 38 0 0 0 1 Watering Facility (no) 614 55 137 30 167 5 3 2 2 30

VII. Summary Matrix –Pasture/Hay

CONSERVATION INVESTMENT INFORMATION

Progressive System Acres Treated 4384.5 Fence (ft) 382 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Pasture & Hay Planting (ac) 512 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Prescribed Grazing (ac) 528 263 $0 $53,729 $10,746 $59,887 $0 $17,910 $29,264 Watering Facility (no) 614 29 $21,923 $0 $4,384 $26,307 $7,307 $292 $8,587 Subtotal $21,923 $53,729 $15,130 $86,194 $7,307 $18,202 $37,851

Resource Management System (RMS) Acres Treated 4787.4 Fence (ft) 382 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Nutrient Management 590 718 $0 $53,858 $10,772 $60,030 $0 $17,953 $29,334 Pasture & Hay Planting (ac) 512 718 $215,433 $0 $43,087 $258,520 $71,811 $2,872 $84,386 Prescribed Grazing (ac) 528 270 $0 $55,182 $11,036 $61,505 $0 $18,394 $30,055 Waste Storage Facility (no) 313 26 $1,148,976 $0 $229,795 $1,378,771 $382,992 $30,639 $517,124 Watering Facility (no) 614 30 $22,515 $0 $4,503 $27,018 $7,505 $300 $8,819 Subtotal $1,386,924 $109,040 $299,193 $1,785,844 $462,308 $70,159 $669,719

TOTAL ACRES TREATED / ESTIMATED TREATMENT COSTS 9171.9 $1,408,847 $162,769 $314,323 $1,872,038 $469,616 $88,361 $707,570

VII. Summary Matrix –Headquarters

WATERSHED NAME & CODE COASTAL WASHINGTON/HANCOCK COUNTIES - 01050002 LANDUSE ACRES 100 LANDUSE TYPE HEADQUARTERS, LIVESTOCK OPERATIONS TYPICAL UNIT SIZE ACRES 2 ASSESSMENT INFORMATION ESTIMATED PARTICIPATION 43%

CURRENT FUTURE CONDITIONS RESOURCE CONCERNS CONDITIONS

Water Quality: CONSERVATION SYSTEMS Water Quality: Water Quality: Excessive Existing New Excessive Harmful Levels Air Quality: BY TREATMENT LEVELS Total Total Suspended Unchanged Treatment Nutrients and of Pathogens Objectionable Units Units Sediment and Units Units Organics in in Surface Odors Turbidity in Surface Surface Water Water Water

Baseline System System Rating -> 2 2 3 2 Total Acreage at Baseline Level 50 13 0 13 Heavy Use Area Protection (ac) 561 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 Roof Runoff Structure (no) 558 25 6 0 6 0 1 3 1 Wastewater Treatment Strip (ac) 635 13 3 0 3 4 4 4 2 Progressive System System Rating -> 3 2 4 3 Total Acreage at Progressive Level 40 39 19 57 Wastewater Treatment Strip (ac) 635 10 14 0 14 4 4 4 2 Heavy Use Area Protection (ac) 561 4 6 0 6 1 2 0 2 Roof Runoff Structure (no) 558 60 67 19 86 0 1 3 1 Waste Storage Facility (no) 313 20 19 9 29 3 0 4 4 Waste Utilization (ac) 633 14 14 6 20 4 0 4 1 Resource Management System (RMS) System Rating -> 4 3 4 4 Total Acreage at RMS Level 10 10 20 30 Heavy Use Area Protection (ac) 561 1 3 0 3 1 2 0 2 Nutrient Management 590 10 10 20 30 3 2 1 4 Roof Runoff Structure (no) 558 15 26 19 45 0 1 3 1 Waste Storage Facility (no) 313 5 6 10 15 3 0 4 4 Waste Utilization (ac) 633 10 10 20 30 4 0 4 1 Wastewater Treatment Strip (ac) 635 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 2

VII. Summary Matrix –Headquarters

CONSERVATION INVESTMENT INFORMATION

Progressive System Acres Treated 18.5 Wastewater Treatment Strip (ac) 635 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Heavy Use Area Protection (ac) 561 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Roof Runoff Structure (no) 558 19 $41,625 $0 $8,325 $49,950 $13,875 $555 $16,305 Waste Storage Facility (no) 313 9 $416,250 $0 $83,250 $499,500 $138,750 $11,100 $187,343 Waste Utilization (ac) 633 6 $0 $874 $175 $974 $0 $291 $476 Subtotal $457,875 $874 $91,750 $550,424 $152,625 $11,946 $204,124

Resource Management System (RMS) Acres Treated 20.2 Heavy Use Area Protection (ac) 561 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Nutrient Management 590 20 $0 $1,515 $303 $1,689 $0 $505 $825 Roof Runoff Structure (no) 558 19 $42,750 $0 $8,550 $51,300 $14,250 $570 $16,745 Waste Storage Facility (no) 313 10 $427,500 $0 $85,500 $513,000 $142,500 $11,400 $192,407 Waste Utilization (ac) 633 20 $0 $2,670 $534 $2,976 $0 $890 $1,454 Wastewater Treatment Strip (ac) 635 0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Subtotal $470,250 $4,185 $94,887 $568,965 $156,750 $13,365 $211,431

TOTAL ACRES TREATED / ESTIMATED TREATMENT COSTS 38.7 $928,125 $5,059 $186,637 $1,119,389 $309,375 $25,311 $415,555

VIII. References

1 New England Agricultural Statistics, 2004, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, March, 2005. (County data was prorated to HUC by the percent of a HUC in a county.)

2 USDA NRCS Social Sciences Discipline, Technical Note 1801, Guide for Estimating Participation in Conservation Programs and Projects, July 2004.

3 USDA NRCS Social Sciences Discipline, Social Capital, Technical Note 5.1, March 2002.

4 USDA NRCS Social Sciences Discipline, Prioritizing Issues or Concerns, Using the Paired Comparison Technique, Issue 11, March 1997.

5 Maine Landcover Dataset, 2004. Raster data format, 5-meter resolution. Courtesy of Maine Office of Geographic Information Services, 26 Edison Drive, Augusta, Maine 04333.

6 Maine Watershed Boundary Dataset, USDA-NRCS, May 2008, ArcGIS9.2 Personal Geodatabase format. 967 Illinois Avenue, Suite 3, Bangor, ME 04401. Attn: GIS Coordinator.

7 Common Resource Areas Dataset, USDA-NRCS, ArcGIS shapefile format, http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/. Source is National Coordinated CRA Geographic Database, USDA-NRCS, National Soil Survey Center, July 2004.

8 Annual Precipitation Dataset, USDA-NRCS, ArcGIS shapefile format, http:/datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/.

9 US Census Bureau data tables, joined to Maine Towns spatial dataset. Courtesy of Maine Office of Geographic Information Services, 26 Edison Drive, Augusta, ME 04333. Town polygon label points were exported as a point shapefile with demographics attached. These were aggregated by Level 5 watershed and summarized.

10 Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife, various spatial datasets made available through the Maine Natural Areas Program, by agreement. 650 State Street, Bangor, ME 04401. Datasets used: Deer Wintering Areas, RTE Plants, RTE Animals, Focus Areas, ME Essential Habitats, ME Significant Habitats, ME Conservation Lands.

11 Maine Department of Marine Resources through Maine Office of GIS: shell.shp, eelgrass.shp. 26 Edison Drive, Augusta, ME 04333.

12 Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 2008_303d_List_Final_Draft-3-10-08.pdf, 17 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0017.

IX. APPENDIX

The sheer size of this sub-basin precludes addressing the RWA at the sub-watershed level in this document. The colored groupings in the table below represent standard river+estuary systems that make logical groupings for targeted outreach and conservation initiatives. The systems in white represent frontal drainage areas that drain directly to the Atlantic. The map below the table illustrates this approach.

Sub-basin 01050002 Watershed Inventory HUC_8 HUC_10 LEVEL 5 WATERSHED NAME Acres 01050002 01 Dennys River 83,415 01050002 02 Pennamaquan River 34,512 01050002 03 Grand Manan Channel 196,732 01050002 04 East Machias River-Round Lake 94,293 01050002 05 East Machias River 105,013 01050002 06 Upper Machias River 71,227 01050002 07 Middle Machias River 66,344 01050002 08 Old Stream 69,492 01050002 09 Lower Machias River 112,879 01050002 10 Machias Bay 109,647 01050002 11 Roque Bluffs Frontal Drainages 211,406 01050002 12 Pleasant River-Pleasant Bay 133,763 01050002 13 Narraguagus River-Narraguagus Bay 246,741 01050002 14 Schoodic Point-Petit-Manan Point Frontal Drainages 138,918 01050002 15 Graham Lake 309,522 01050002 16 Union River Bay 80,911 01050002 17 Frenchman Bay 416,638 01050002 18 Blue Hill-Mount Desert Frontal Drainages 260,632 01050002 19 Bagaduce River 52,238 01050002 20 Stonington Frontal Drainages 193,010 01050002 21 Belfast Bay 58,702 01050002 22 Penobscot Bay 693,709 3,739,744

Watershed Groups A- Grand Manan Channel B- Machias River C- Narraguagus-Pleasant Rivers D- Union River

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Frontal Drainages